More information coming out:
"“I hear a woman just cussing me out from the back,” he said. “The woman spits on me, and her friend attacks me — physically hits me."
Oroojian said he then lost his balance and fell to the ground, where the women began kicking him.
“I didn’t really know how many people there were or what was going on," he told KTLA. "When I got up, I just felt like I had to defend myself. That’s where the video started to show.”
Oroojian said he "retreated" as soon as he "caught a moment.""
The following aspect of the article was also interesting. Did the father delete the facebook post because he knows his daughter and her friend started the fight and now has doubts about calling Oroojian the aggressor?
"In a Facebook post that's since been deleted, the father of one of the women involved said both were punched in the face multiple times — with some of the blows dealt before the filming began. Mike Watson said his daughter didn't know the other woman, but had leapt to her defense after
Oroojian became aggressive."
Source:
https://ktla.com/2019/01/31/i-was-d...men-in-downtown-l-a-says-video-lacks-context/
Also, in another story, one of the two women has at least admitted the guy was on the ground at one point. And neither women would respond to an assertion that they attacked him. So it sounds more and more like they did in fact attack him first.
"The woman in the black jacket acknowledged the man was on the ground at one point, but said she did not remember how that happened.
...
The women did not respond to requests for comment on Oroojian's assertion that they attacked him."
Source:
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/...imself-Against-Attacking-Women-505180661.html